Gold star flags offer unique history

By LINDA MOWERY -DENNING

Ellsworth County I-RThe folded American flags — 185 in all — rest side by side in wood and glass cases inside Ellsworth’s American Legion building. Another 24 flags are on display from Kanopolis.

Each one of these flags represent a fallen soldier who came home to Ellsworth County with the red, white and blue symbol of America draped over his coffin.

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